100 Women We Love 2014

From professors, to musicians, to activists, we present to you 2014’s 100 Women We Love.

Lori Sokol, PH.D.

The movements toward LGBT rights and women´s rights share many goals, but rarely meet to achieve them. Bridging that gap, professionally and personally, is Dr. Lori Sokol. An educational psychologist, writer and speaker, she´s dedicated to building awareness of gender equality, gay rights and the needs of working women. Sokol is the publisher of Work Life Matters magazine, which issues an annual list of the most LGBT-friendly workplaces; host of the radio show of the same name on 1490AM WGCH; and author of The New Future of Work. As a consultant, she helps businesses address LGBT workplace equality, flexible working solutions and other challenges in the 21st century economy. ″I continually provide a different spin and angle on issues to help people see them in a different light. This is particularly important when trying to break through discriminatory and stereotypical ways of thinking,″ Sokol explains. Not bad for someone who only recently came out-in The Huffington Post, no less. ″I waited to do so until my son came out, since I didn´t want to influence him in any way,″ she says. ″Still, after being married to his father for close to 20 years, I was concerned about how he would handle it. But he simply responded, ´Mom, I always knew you were a lesbian!´″ -KL


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